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Sister Carmel Gallagher
Sarah Gallagher was born in Glenswilly, County of Donegal, Ireland on the 1 May, 1860. Her parents were Hugh Gallagher and Sarah Monner. She came out to New Zealand to be with her brother and family on the West Coast. After a while they went to live in Oamaru, but in the early 1880's they shifted to Wellington...
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Sister Rae Berry
Sister Rae was elected Congregational Leader during 1999 and led the Sisters of Compassion until 2011...
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Sister Philomena Quillivan
Jane was born at Manganoho, Whanganui. Her Irish father, Patrick, and her Scottish mother, Catherine, migrated with their families to New Zealand in the mid-1880s. Jane was educated at the Manganoho School gaining her Certificate of Proficiency in 1908.